There may be many reasons that motivate one to perform cleaning, however the base purpose of cleaning is generally to make the environment healthier and more sanitary.

There may be many reasons that motivate one to perform cleaning, however the base purpose of cleaning is generally to make the environment healthier and more sanitary.

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By rotating the cleaning duties, members learn observe the various sorts of messes and dirty spots, learn how to clean them, and how to avoid making them in the first place.

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By rotating the cleaning duties, members learn by observing the various sorts of messes and dirty spots, learn how to clean them, and gain insight and motivation on how to avoid making them in the first place.

=== Cleaning Agents and Health ===

=== Cleaning Agents and Health ===

Revision as of 16:09, 27 March 2013

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Consensus

11/22/11 Meeting
Noisebridge pays money out of general funds for a cleaner for a continuing period of three months at a rate of $145 per month; additionally, Rob will do a bi-weeklky declutter, coordinated with the arrival of the cleaning people, with lunch paid for by Rubin at a rate of $20 per session; additiionally, Ben will clean at the oposite end of the monthly cycle from the cleaners, again coordinating with Rob.

Details

Updates and specifics will be listed here

There will also be a prizebox in the space where you can leave
something you want to donate as a reward for excellence.

Doocratic Cleaning

Getting shit done with good old fashioned elbow grease.

Rationale

There may be many reasons that motivate one to perform cleaning, however the base purpose of cleaning is generally to make the environment healthier and more sanitary.

By rotating the cleaning duties, members learn by observing the various sorts of messes and dirty spots, learn how to clean them, and gain insight and motivation on how to avoid making them in the first place.

Cleaning Agents and Health

Commercially available chemical-based cleaners contain neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors. Such products are directly counterproductive to the goal of health improvement. They also have other consequential effects, supporting corporatism of multinational chemical companies that also poison us with GMOs and pharmaceuticals (DOW, Bayer, BASF, P&G), and must be transported using foreign oil and through the usual corpocratic channels of GMA and national distributors.

Garrett's Homemade Orange Oil Cleaner

Use as a general purpose cleaner. For laundry, use 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp baking soda.

The orange peel contains orange oil and is naturally extracted by leaving the dried peels in the jar with vinegar. Clove and orange oil both disinfect and repel pests. A few drops of soap can be added to increase slipperiness for removing dirt.